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Heppner Oregon, Thursday, May 26, 1 955
Diplomas, Awards
Presented Seniors
At Commencement
A near-capacity crowd attend
ed the commencement exercises
at Heppner high school last night
as 30 seniors, one of the largest
graduating classes in the school's
history, received their diplomas
and many special awards and
scholarships.
The excellent commencement
address was delivered by Dr. G
Burton Wood, head of the de
partment of agriculturtl econo
mics at Oregon State College.
Music for the program was fur
nished by the high school band
under the direction of James Wil
son with special numbers by the
high school chorus. The Valedic
tory and Salutatory addresses
were given by Miss Sally Palmer
and Miss Patricia Wright; the
class was presented by E. J. Dob
bie, high school principal and
the diplomas presented by How
ard Reed, superintendent of the
Heppner school.
Awards Given
Many awards and scholarships
were presented to many of the
graduates including the valedic
torian trophy to Sally Palmer and
salutatorian trophy to Patsy
Wright. Mary Ruth Green and
Richard Kononen were awarded
the state department of educa
tion tuition scholarships to the
Eastern Oregon College and Ko
nonen also received the Univer
sity of Oregon certificate of honor
for leadership.
Jean Marie Graham was the re
cipient of the Parent-Teachers 4
year tuition scholarship to any
state school which carries the pro
vision that she must go into ele
mentary education; Sally Palmer
received the Eastern Oregon Col
lege scholarship for outstanding
high school scholarship, which is
worth $120.
Lyle Jensen and Lillian Elde
received the Heppner Pine Mills
and the North Fork Timber Com
pany scholarships which will
give them each $250 a year for
two years. The Heppner Soropti
mist Club Scholarship was won
by Lillian Elde and' the two
Heppner P-TA teaching scholar
ships of $120 each were given to
Patsji Wright and Ralph Marlatt.
In addition announcement was
made that Gary Connor, Adelia
Anderson and June Privett will
each receive a $15 gift from the
organization. The three are now
attending college and taking
teachers' training.
Other awards included a $200
scholarship to Pacific University
which was. won by Lyle Jensen
for all-around achievement; The
Oregon State College Dad's scho
larship given for outstanding
achievement and future promise
went to Patsy Wright; and Lil
lian Elde won an honor certifi
cate and scholarship to Whitman
College.
Two students received the Uni
versity of Oregon Eric W. Allen
certificates for newspaper ser
vice, they were Larry Mollahan
and Sally Palmer. Dick Kononen
and- Barbara Prock received the
George Turnbull year book ser
vice certificates.
Pin awards which are given by
the student body were presented
to the following graduates: vale
dictorian, Sally Palmer; Saluta
torain, Patsy Wright; activity,
Dick Kononen; citizenship, Lyle
Jensen; athletics, Kononen and
Jensen; band, Bob Grabill; an
nual editor, Kononen; paper edi
tor, Sally Palmer; dramatics, Lil
lian Elde; student body president
Jack Monagle; commercial award,
Lillian Elde.
Rallv Palmer will have her
name engraved on the perman
ent school honor plaque.
Announced were the winners of
the Danforth awards for social
lpartprshiD which went to Joan
Wrieht and Jack Monagle.
Richard Kononen also receiveu
the American Chemical Society
award and an Oregon State Scho
larship. Lyle Jensen received a partial
tuition scholarship for outstand
ing service in high school.
Jack Monagle was the recipient
of the F. F. A. award for outstand
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ing work done by a senior boy
in agriculture.
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Jr. Legion Baseball
Practice Called
The first practice of the Hepp
ner Junior Legion baseball team
has been called for next Sunday
-at 2 p. m. at the rodeo grounds,
it was announced today by Floyd
Sayers.
All boys who are interested in
playing are urged to turn out for
this practice session.
Many Expected For
Memorial Day Dinner
Everything is in readiness to hot rolls, butter and coffee are
entertain several hundred visi.t -
ors and local residents Monday
at the second annual Memorial
Day Friendship dinner which
will be held May 30 at 1 p. m.
at the Heppner fair pavilion,
members of the planning com
mittee said this week.
The committee emphasized
that everyone is welcome to at
tend the dinner and are asked
(o bring a hot dish, salad or des
sert to go with baked ham and
roast beef which is being fur
nished. Plates, cups, flatware,
MISS LYNETTE GIESECKE of the
department of Christian edu
cation of the Episcopal church,
who will speak at a special
meeting here next Wednesday.
Education Meet Set
At Episcopal Church
All Saints Episcopal church in
Heppner will be host to the Na
tional Education Consultants of
the church Wednesday evening,
June 1 at 7:30. The meeting will
be open to the public, it was
announced. - '
Principal speaker will be Miss
Lynete Giesecke of the depart
ment of Christian education and
delegates from the Pendleton,
Hermiston and Milton-Freewater
Episcopal churches will send
delegates to the meeting.
The Christian education de
partment of the church has de
veloped, during the past six
years, a new course of study for
children which will be explained
and one purpose of the meeting
will be to obtain parental under
standing and cooperation for the
new program. Adult education
will also be stressed.
Women of the church will serve
refreshments following the meet
ing. Ernest Drake is
Named Student Body
President at lone
lone high school students last
week named Ernest Drake as
student body president for next
year. Other officers chosen at
the annual election included
Keith Rea, vice president; Anna
Jepsen, secretary and treasurer
Lov Keene was named eaitorr
of the Ionian for 1955-56; Gary
Brenner, editor of the Cardinal,
Judy Howton, Grace McCabe and
Key Sherer, cheer leader and Ivan
Akers athletic manager.
Hunters And Anglers
To Meet Friday Night
President Kenneth Keeling has
called a monthly meeting of the
Morrow County Hunters and
Anglers for Friday evening May
27 at 7:30 p. m. at the courthouse.
There will be a business meet
ing and general disussion of
fish and game problems in this
area.
Two films will be shown, one
a color film by the forest ser
vice and the other of the Harlem
Globe Trotters.
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General Closure Set
For Memorial Day
A general closure of business
and offices is planned for next
Monday in Heppner in observ
ance of Memorial Day, May 30.
Most businesses and offices,
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with the exception of some res-; mised all visitors on the opening
taurants, sendee stations and (jay
clubs will close .The post office!
will remain closed and no mail Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson
will be received or dispatched on1 were overnight guests In Port
either Sunday or Monday. ' land on Wednesday of last week.
also being furnished for every
one, it was announced.
Mrs. Clive Huston will have a
collection of old time articles on
display in the fair pavilion and
anyone having additiontl arti
cles of a similar type which
would be appropriate for such a
display are urged to bring them,
the committee asked.
Last year's dinner, which was
held as a picnic at the court
house park attracted well over
200 persons and the dinner com
mittee is laying plans to aecom
modate an even larger number
of persons this Memorial ' day.
The affair has been transferred
to the fair pavilion because of
better facilities for serving food
and for shelter in case of bad
weather.
A short program has been
planned during the dinner, but it
was emphasized that the idea of
the affair is to provide a place
for visitors and local residents to
gather and visit.
Mrs. Guy Boyer, John Day, is
president of the organization
sponsoring the dinner, but her
work has been handled by Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Thompson and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank lurner as
Mrs. Boyer's husband had been
ill for some time and was taken
by death only last week.
The committee emphasized
that everyone is welcome to at
tend. Funeral Services For
Mrs. Mary E. Edwards
Held at Lexington
Funeral services were held at
Lexington Congregational church
for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ed
wards, 61, who passed away May
19 enroute to the hospital.
Mrs. Edwards was bom March
25 at Plum, Washington and had
lived in Lexington since shortly
after her marriage to Alonzo Ed
wards at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,
November 15, 1922.
Mrs. Edwards was a member of
the Congregational church', a- 15
year member of the V. F. W. of
Pendleton, transferring to the
Lexington Auxiliary shortly be
fore her death. She was a mem
ber of the ladies aid for several
years, a 15-year member of the
Rebekah lodge, had served in the
office of school clerk, on the Lex
ington school board and was a
member of the P-TA.
She is survived by her husband;
three daughters, Mrs. Edith
King, Seattle; Mrs. Jerrine Marrs,
Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Lynch, Heppner; two sons, Albert
Edwards, Burns and Johnnie Ed
wards of Lexington. She was
preceeded in death by one son,
Clyde Edwards who lost his life
in World War II and two children
who died at birth. The Edwards
Way V. F. W. post in Lexingon is
named for her son Clyde.
Honorary pall bearers were A.
F. Majeske, Oris Padberg, Wil
liam Van Winkle, Sr., Roy Camp
bell, W. E. McMillan and Frank
Munkers. Active bearers were
Bud Marshall, Dean Hunt, Don
Pointer, Bill Nichols, E. E. Peck,
M. V. Nolan and Elmer Peterson.
Rev. L. G. Wetzel officiated at the
final rites with members of the
Lexington Rebekah lodge in at
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conducted by the Edwards-Way
V. F. W. post.
Those from out of town attend
ing the services were Mr. and
Mrs. Fred King, Seattle; Mrs.
Jerrine Marrs, Palo Alto, Calif.;
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edwards and
daughters, Burns; Mr. and Mrs.
James Lynch, Heppner; Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Greenwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Haskins, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Edwards of Spo
kane; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Taylor,
Portland and Lot Johnson of As
toria. n
New Drive-In To
Open Doors Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wells,
builders and operators of the
Wishing Well Drive-In, just west
of the Heppner. city limits, have
announced that they will hold
the crand opening of the new
business next Tuesday, May 31
The newly constructed modern
drive in will feature hamburgers,
hot 0gS soft an(j nard jce cream
and soft drinks and Wells said
his tentative plan is to open from
noon to 10:30 p. m. daily.
Free ice cream has been pro
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WIN SAFETY AWARD George Bragg, left, general manager of Pa
cific Power and Light Company, is shown presenting J. R. Huff
man, center, Heppner PPSL manager, and Frank Hiatt, Hermiston
with Safety Achievement Award for having no lost-time accidents
in thsir district during 1954. Presentation was made at annual
meeting in Walla Wolla
Daniel J. Way
Taken By Death,
Services Friday
Daniel Joseph Way, 61, passed
away Monday, May 23 at Pioneer
Memorial hospital following a
short illness. He had been a
resident of the Lexington area for
over 2 years.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, May 27 at 2 p. m. at the
Lexington Christian church with
Rev. L. G. Wetzel officiating.
Mr. Way was born March 15,
1894 at Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
Surviving are five sons, Joseph
D., Yreka, Calif.; Kenneth M., El
gin; Clyde E., Riverside Wash
ington; Marvin D., and Asa Lee,
boh of Lexington; three daugh
ters, Mrs. June Cooper, Lexing
ton; Mrs. Maxine Brown and Mrs.
Zelma McDaniel, both of Hepp
ner. Also leaves a sister, Mrs.
Merle Cornelison, Lexington and
14 giandchildren. '
Burial will be in the Lexington
cemetery with Creswick Mortuary
in charge of arrangements.
Would This Fish
Be Called An
"Overland Trout?"
Anyone who truhki fishing'
isn't any good in Morrow county
should take note I
Recently two members of the
Morrow county road crew were
driving to work along Balm
Fork during a spring freshet of
the creek and noticed a size
able fish swimming down the
road in the shallow water
which had overflowed from the
stream. Stopping the car the
two men caught the 19 inch
steelhead with their hands.
According to the report, the
two men have witnesses to
their apprehension of the travel
ing trout.
Betty,
Jo Olmstead
Named Boardman
Fair, Rodeo Princess
Miss Betty Jo Almstead, 18
year old daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Ray Olmstead of Boardman, was
this week chosen princess of the
Morrow county fair and rodeo by
the Tillicum club. She is a junior
in the Boardman high school, and
has ridden since she was old
enough to sit on a horse.
Mora information about her will
be published later.
Heppner OSC Student
Heads Ag Council
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corval lis Kenneth Turner, Hep
pner lunior in agriculture, has
been elected president of the Ore
Gon State college agriculture ex
ecutive council, professional and
social society.
The organization co-ordinates
activities within the clubs of the
school of agriculture. Member
ship is composed of officers of the
agriculture club arid a represen
tative from each departmental
agriculture club.
Turner is the son of Mr.
and
Mrs. Sam J. Turner, Heppner.
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HEPPNER EIGHTH GRADE
GRADUATION TONIGHT
Graduation exercises for the
Heppner eighth grade class will;
be held tonight Thursday) at 7:45,
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dents will graduate, into highD. Peters of Imbler has accepted
school.
CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING
The last official Cub Scout pack
meeting until fall, will be held in
the Christian church basement
Tuesday evening May 31. jhigh school and Eastern Oregon scholarships varying from $5.00
Mrs. Ray Smith's Den is in ( College at La Grande. He has: to $15.0o were Lexington Imple
charge of the entertainment. A 'taught band and chorus at Imb-jment Company, W. B. Gottschalk,
picnic for the pack is planned for'ler since 1951. He is married and H. G. Campbell, Mrs. Dan Blew
later In the sunmmer. has one child. 1 eitt, Bob Spike, Bristow's Store,
PP&L Tells of Plans
To Bring Snake River
Power Into Area
Plans for bringing power from
Mountain Sheep and Pleasant
Valley hydroelectric projects into
the Pendleton-Uoppner area were
outlined to local members of the
Pacific Tower & Light organiza
tion by Paul B. McKee, company
president, at the annual P. P. &
L. employee meeting in Walla
Walla Monday night
Located just about the con
fluence of the Snake and Salmon
rivers, the two big nyciroeiectric
projects are to be developed at an
estimated cost of $200,000,000 by
P P & L and throe neighboring
utility companies, Washington
Water Power, Fortland and Gen
oral Electric and Montana Power,
Field engineering has been
completed on the two Snake river
projects, and assuming Federal
Power Commission approval, con
struction may begin at the dam
sites by late winter or early
spring.
Outlining this region's growing
use of electricity, McKee said the
Pacific Northwest will need more
than 500,000 kilowatts of power
each year for the next ten years.
To meet this requirement in
the immediaje years ahead, he
said Pacific Power" & ' Light
through its own direct efforts,
and with associated companies,
is now actively working on the
development of 2,350,000 kilo
watts of power the equivalent of
nearly five Bonneville dams.
This power development pro-
cram, in addition to me jsnaue
river projects, includes the 1,000,-
000-Killowatt John Day dam on
the Columbia river; the 100,000
kilowatt Green Peter flood con
trol and power project on the San
tain river, and the 250,000-kilo
watt Swift Creek development of
the Lewis river. John Day dam
would be built with associated
electric utilities under the gov
ernment s partnership program
The Green Peter project is also
a partnership undertaking, while
the Lewis river development
would complement the com
pany's existing Merwin and Yale
hydroelectric plants.
Present to hear the plans for
power development and to wit
ness the presentation of service
and safety citations were mem
hers of the P P & L organization
from the Walla Walla, Pendleton,
Dayton and Enterprise districts,
Attending from Heppner were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sanders and
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Huffman,
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Norman D. Petera
New Heppner Band
Instructor Named
Heppner school officials an-
nmilWOll thin tVPplf tllflt NflTman
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a contract to teach band ana.0"1"; X T,
music in the Heppner schools! Club, J. C. Penney Co., Heppner
nvtvM, rr will ronlare James
w'iin uhn rpsimerl to acceDt a
position at Hood River.
Peters is a graduate of Baker
Farmers to
Allotments
The Morrow county ASC office
announced today that this year's
wheat acreage allotments will be
mailed to farmers on May 31 so
they will receive them in time
to know what their cut will be
before they vote on the market
ing referendum on June 25.
It was also revealed that the
county's cut in wheat acres allot
ment for 1956 will be slightly less
Only 40 Percent
Of County Children
Get Polio Shots
The first round of Salk Polio
voccine shots were given to first
and second grade students in the
county Monday and Tuesday by
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health
offices, but only about 40 per
cent of the students who had
originally signed up to receive
the shots actually received them,
Dr. McMurdo reported.
When -parents of the first and
second graders were asked pra-
viously for permission to give
the shots, 183 students received
permission, but only 81 got the
vaccine when it was administer
ed this week. The parents of the
remaining children had with
drawn consent for their children
to receive the free vaccine which
is being supplied by the National
Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis. Dr. McMurdo said the
large number of withdrawals is
blamed on the three week delay
which was called by federal and
state health officials to allow
time for further investigation of
the vaccine. Subsequent reports
from these agencies gave all vac
cine in the hands of the county
health officers a clean bill of
health.
The shots were given in Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone on Mon
day and in Irrigon and Board
man on Tuesday
A tally of the shots given
showed that in Heppner 95 had
originally signed to receive the
vaccine, but only 44 had shots.
In lone the count was 11 and 3;
Lexington 25 and 12; Boardman
19 and 13; Irrigon, 29 and 9; and
in Hardman 4 signed but none re
received the shots.
Dr. McMurdo announced that
he will give the second shots in
approximately three weeks with
Heppner, Lexington and lone
youngsters scheduled to receive
theirs on June 13 and Boardman
and Irrigon children June 14. The
shots will be given at the respec
tive schools and the exact time
will be announced later, he said,
Vaccine manufactured by the
Parke-Davis Company has been
used here and there is an ample
supply to give all children their
second shot, it was said.
Mr. end Mrs. Alfred Troedson
drove to Arlington Tuesday even
ing to attend the graduation exer
cises of their granddaughter,
Carol Odoh. Mrs. Robert Putman,
Carol's mother, came from Port
land to attend the exercises.
4-H SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
ANNOUNCED; DONORS ARE NAMED
Monday evening, May 23, South
Morrow 4-H Leaders met at their
last regular monthly meeting un
til after the busy summer months.
Tiiev will meet again on Septem
ber 22.
Reporting for the 4-H scholar
ship committee, D. O. Nelson, of
Lexington, reported that suffi
cient scholarships had been col
lected for sending the quota of
20 4-H club members from South
Morrow county to 4-H summer
school. Twelve club members
will attend from North Morrow
county.
Providing scholarships for
those twenty club members were:
Morrow County Grain Growers 2;
Lexington Grange, 2; Lexington
Oil Coop, Padberg Tractor Re
pair, Pine City Extension Unit,
lone P-TA, Willows Grange, Mor
row County Livestock Growers
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'Branch of the Hrst
National
Bank, Empire Machinery
Com
pany.
Those contributing
parts of
Get Acreage
Next Week
than the current year, 35.7 per
cent compared to 36.2 percent,
before the summer-fallow am
endment. This amounts to an
allotment of 117,010 acres and of
this 735 acres has been reserved
by the county committee for ap
peals and missed farms.
Base acres of wheat as set by
the county committee for 1956 is
180,815.
The ASC office also announced
that farmers on land on which
no wheat was seeded for grain
for any of the years 1953, 1954
and 1955 may apply for a 1956
wheat acreage allotment, accord
ing to Vernon E. Munkers, chair
man for the Morrow county Agri
cultural Stabilization committe.
To be considered for an allot
ment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those years, the farmer must ap
ply in writing to his county ASC
committee by June 30.
Application forms are avail
able at the county ASC office for
use in filing requests for allot
ments. Heppner Lettermen
Receive Awards at
Tuesday Banquet
Nearly 150 Heppner high school
students, parents and interested
persons attended the annual Let
termen's banquet held Tuesday
day evening at the Legion hall.
It was sponsored by the Lions
club with high school mothers
putting on the turkey dinner.
Master of ceremonies for the
event was Jack Flug, county
school superintendent who stres
sed the value of teamwork learn
ed in athletics and pointed out
its value to students in future
years.
Coaches James Mallon and
Larry Dovven presented more
than 30 students with letters won
by their participation during the
past school year in football, bas
ketball, baseball and track.
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lone Park Fireplace
Project Progressing
The lone Garden Club project
of building a fireplace in the city
park is progressing nicely and
the attractive fireplace is now
ready for finishing touches. It
will be usable about the first of
June.
Much Interest Is being taken in
general and many local people
have been generous in their do
nations of labor and materials.
Several organizations and indi
viduals have offered financial
aid. Tables and benches are also
being donated.
The club expresses apprecia
tion for the help and encourage
ment it has received.
FORMER HEPPNER MAN
DIES IN PORTLAND
Word was received today of the
death of John Smith, a former
Heppner resident and a retired
railroad man. He passed away
in Portland Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held
Friday in Portland. Other details
were lacking.
lone; Lexington P-TA, lone Chev
ron Service, Omar Rietmann, Vic
tory Cafe, Hay Heimbigner, A. C.
Swanson, McCabe Meat Market,
Herman Bletlell, Heppner Exten
sion Unit.
Russell Dolven will attend 4-H
summer school on a Safeway
Store scholarship earned by him
for his outstanding livestock
breeding project.
Others who will attend 4-H
summer school from South Mor
row county: Mickey Gray, Bar
bara Steagall, Karl Beach, Dora
Sue Davidson, Bill Doherty, Lex
ington; Grace McCabe, Linda
Heimbigner and Judy Howton,
lone: Shirley Peck, Meredith
Thompson, Janet Wright, Connie
Anderson, Dennis Doherty, Caro
lyn McDanicls and Mickey Van
Schoiack, Heppner; Douglas Terry,
Jack Licuallen, Larry Campbell
and Carlene Rhea, Echo.
Delegates to 4-H summer
school were selected from boys
and girls who were thirten years
of age and older had completed
at least two years of club work
and finished all projects enrolled
in in 1954. The group will leave
Heppner by Greyhound bus the
morning of June 11th, return
from the ten day stay at Ore
gon State College campus on
June 24.